Jaanek Oja

Jaanek has worked in software industry for almost 20 years. Being hands on programmer in frontend and backend developments, leading teams and architecting complex systems. Past years he has helped Startups to succeed in building their software stacks and products.

Mari Nieminen

Legal counsel

Legal counsel. Expert
in AML/KYC, and
international tax laws.

Jason Van Boom

Philosophical and historical consultant

Academic specialist in semiotics, the study of sign-systems such as languages, memes, and codes. He is writing his PhD thesis at the University of Tartu. He has lectured and held graduate seminars in the United States and Estonia on philosophy, religion, and history.

latest blogs

Decentralization is a current trend, but it is also a perennial phenomenon. Most societies have had significant degrees of decentralization. The Middle Ages provides a striking example. In every sphere of life, from politics to education to business, Medieval Europe had multiple centers and distributed authority. Instead of one organizing power, medieval culture and business Read more about Decentralization in the Middle Ages[…]

We decided to design rDAI in a very simple and straightforward way. We allow users to deposit their DAI, get back an equal amount of rDAI, and choose who gets the interest. The core things we tried to optimize for were: rDAI must be easily transferable, and completely fungible The interest must be easily programmable Read more about rToken – The Allocation Strategy and upgradeability[…]

Hoarding Data is profitable Data has become the most powerful economic driver of the last decade, with companies like Google and Facebook achieving market dominance through data collection and analysis. However, this has brought with it significant debate around the issues of personal data and privacy. The current model of data-driven businesses is based on Read more about Health Records are a gold mine[…]

Inspiration We are Estonian residents and know our way around electronic ID systems. We decided to leverage the possibilities of 0x markets. What it does Estonian residents (and e-residents) can request a DAI loan through our platform by staking collateral (a car). They then define the details of the loan, like interest rate and payment Read more about What We Have Built in ETHParis[…]

The success of launching tZERO marks a significant milestone in the mainstream adoption of the Blockchain technology. However the achievement did not come by accident, Patrick Byrne, the executive chairman of tZERO, is a deep believer of Austrian economics 1) What is Austrian Economics? , and would describe him a Hayekian 2) Friedrich Hayek . Because of Read more about tZERO and the libertarian philosophy that drives Patrick Byrne[…]

AiWar.io is an open-ended project of decentral.ee, currently with no external funding (get in touch if you want to support it!). AiWar’s objective is that of creating a decentralized and peer-to-peer tool to play any turn based game with on-chain validation and real stakes. AiWar is a full dApp, with 100% of the business logic Read more about AiWar.io[…]

If you got to this article, you probably received one of Decentral.ee’s NFC business cards. This idea surfaced during our research on how to use the blockchain for tracking physical assets, and our early prototype for a blockchain-connected tokens. If you have one of our cards, please read on to find out how you Read more about 10 Creative uses for NFC tags[…]